Automatic safety milk-bottle locker.



J- .l. DREW. AUTOMATIC SAFETY MILK BOTTLE LOCKER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT- 22, 1915. 1.3.99 7; Patented Oct. 3,1916.

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AUTOMATIGSA FETY MILK-BOTTLE LOCKER I.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES J. DREW, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York/borough of the Bronx, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Automatic Safety Milk-Bottle Locker, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to lockers for milk bottles and the like and has for an object the provision of an improved construction whereby the device will automatically become looked after a filled bottle has been placed in position. i

Another object in view is to provide a locker for milk bottles which will have an entrance door locked while a second door remains unlocked until a filled bottle has been placed in position, whereupon the same will automatically become locked.

A still further object in view is to provide a locker for milk bottles and two doors, one for the consumer and one forthe delivery man, thedoors being associated with pivotally mounted bracing arms which are operated by the milk b'ottle'when-the same is passed through the door provided for the delivery man, the same being adapted to be removed from the consumers door.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a locker embodying the invention; Fig- 2 is a section through Fig. 1 on line 2-2, the same being on an enlarged scale; Fig. 3 is a section through Fig.- 2 on line 3-3.

In constructing the locker embodying the invention various materials may be used and various slight. changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

For the urpose of illustrating one embodiment of the invention a metal container or housing 1 is provided which is formed with suitable side walls and a bottom 2 having a turned-up member 3 at the front. At the top are hinged doors 4, the same being held in place by spring hinges 5 and 6 which normally hold the doors in a closed position,

as shown in Fig. 2. A consumers door 7 is also provided in one side of the container which is supported by hinges 8 and 9, said hinges being of any suitable type, as for instance, ordinary spring hinges. The spring hinges are preferably used so that the door Specification of Letterslatcnt.

. Application filed October 22, 1915. Serial No. 57,272.

Patented Oct. 3, 1916.

7 will normally remain closed. A snap lock may be provided in door 7 so that the same Wlll become locked automatically when closed, or an ordinary padlock 10 may be used, passed through a suitable staple which accommodates a hasp mounted on the door. The aim of the invention is to provide door 7 which is normally locked but which the consumer may unlock at any time for removing a bottle.

When the device is in use the delivery man places the bottle on top of the doors 4 and allows the bottle to gradually fall into the container. As the bottle 11 strikes the bottom of the container levers 12 and 13 are engaged and move pivotally to the dotted position shown in Fig. 2, whereupon the doors 4 are locked against opening. In order that the levers 12 and 13 may properly operate and also that the bottle 11 may be lowered 1nto position without breaking, said levers are curved at sections 14 and 15 and are] normally held in the position shown in Fig.

2 by springs 16 and 17, which springs resist the spreading of sections I l and 15. It will be noted that the lower end of the levers are provided with bent-over sections 18 and 19 which may engage the walls of the casing 1 and thus limit the pivotal movement of the levers. The levers are intended to move over beneath the doors 4: and thus positively prevent any opening thereof.

- In order to provide a more positive supporting contact the upper part of levers 12 and 13 are provided with enlargements 20 and 21. The levers may be provided with any form of pivotal journal members but are preferably formed with bent out sections 22 and 23 through which the journal shafts 21 and 25 extend. Shafts 2 1 and 25 are arranged so that one end will be fitted into the supporting ,bars 26 and 27, respectively,

while the opposite ends are arranged in suitable supporting brackets 28 at the back of the container 1. If desired, suitable stops 29 and 30 may be secured to the shafts 24 and 25 by any suitable means, as for instance, set screws, whereby the levers 12 and 13 are prevented any longitudinal movement while permitted a free pivotal movement within certain limits. It is evident that other suitable supporting means besides bars 26 and 27 may be used, as for instance, brackets connected to the bottom or side walls of the container, though the bars shown are very efi'ective and act as braces for the various parts in addition to supporting members for shafts 24 and 25.

What I claim is: Y

1. In a locker of the character described, a casing provided with a delivery mans door arrangedat the top of the casing through which the bottles may be passed into the casing, said casing being sufficiently high to receive the entire bottle and to allow the door to close behind the bottle, a consumers door for removing the bottle arranged at one side of the casing, a pair of pivotally mounted levers, said levers having turned ends, said turned ends being adapted to be spread by the bottle as the same enters the casing, said turned ends being adapted to engage the sides of the casing for limiting the spreading movement of the levers in one direction while the bottle prevents a return movement, the opposite end of said levers being moved by the bottle in its passageway to the bottom of the casing so as to come opposite the delivery mans door and thereby prevent the opening of said door.

2. In a locker of the character described, a casing provided with a consumers door for removing a bottle from the casing, said consumers door being at one side of the casing,

a pair of delivery mans doors arranged at the top of the casing through which said bottle may be passed into the casing, a pair of levers pivotally mounted substantially centrally arranged in the casing, said levers being spaced apart, a spring connected with each of said levers for holding the lower ends thereof substantially in line with the center of the bottle whereby the bottle will engage said lower ends and spread the same and thereby move the upper ends towardv each other, said upper ends moving to a point adjacent the delivery mans doors for preventing the opening of said last men-: 

